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Hosts
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington (independent progressive) is the editor of the Webby Award-wining online newpaper, Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of twelve books, most recently Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.
Tony Blankley
Tony Blankley (Right), who served as press secretary to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is a syndicated columnist and former editorial page editor of the Washington Times. He is Executive Vice President of Edelman Public Relations in Washington, DC and a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at the Heritage Foundation. He is also the author, most recently, of American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century, published by Regnery.
Matt Miller
Matt Miller (center/moderator) is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; a weekly columnist for the Washington Post's online edition; and an award-winning contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and many other publications. A former aide in the Clinton White House, Miller's first book, The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. His new book, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, was just released in paperback.
Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer (Left) is Editor of the Webby Award-winning political website TruthDig.com. He was a national correspondent and columnist for 19 years at the Los Angeles Times where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Currently a columnist represented by Creators Syndicate, Scheer is a clinical professor in communications at the University of Southern California. He has authored eight books most recently most recently The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America. His new book, The Great American Stickup: Greedy Bankers and the Politicians Who Love Them, will be published by Nation books in the spring.
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